Heat inactivation of monkeypox virus.

Authors :: Batéjat C
Grassin Q
Feher M
Hoinard D
Vanhomwegen J
Manuguerra JC
Leclercq I
Source :: Journal of biosafety and biosecurity [J Biosaf Biosecur] 2022 Dec; Vol. 4 (2), pp. 121-123. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 26.
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: Different kinds of media spiked with monkeypox virus (MPXV) were subjected to heat inactivation at different temperatures for various periods of time. The results showed that MPXV was inactivated in less than 5 min at 70 °C and less than 15 min at 60 °C, with no difference between viruses from the West African and Central African clades. The present findings could help laboratory workers to manipulate MPXV in optimal biosafety conditions and improve their protocols.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (© 2022 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.)